Surfactants in aerosols
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Average molecular weight of surfactants in aerosols M. T. Latif and P. Brimblecombe School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Malaysia School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ Norwich, UK Received: 30 August 2007 – Accepted: 10 September 2007 – Published: 25 September 2007 Correspondence to: M. T. Latif ([email protected])
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